Jaron Albertin shoots for the Stars
Directed by Jaron Albertin, the clip begins with a man giving a speech about how “65 percent of the world say they no longer believe in a religious faith,” and how modernity has rejected the existence of a god.
Combining a heavy organ tone with a beating-heart bass line, Stars create a surreal backdrop for a nude girl running through Toronto’s Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre.
“This video is based around the idea of changes that we feel deeply and personally, but which also seem to bear the weight of the world,” she adds. “The dancer’s changes are strange and otherworldly. We watch as change is forced upon her, and how she learns to live through it, as fate demands.”
Source – Spinner
Evan Silver is Gold
Evan Silver has created some of the most talked about and forward thinking campaigns for MTV while working in their NY on-air promo department. It was at MTV where Silver refined his directing skills for comedy and performance while working alongside the likes of Jack Black, Michael Cera, Sarah Silverman, Aziz Ansari, Janet Jackson, Kristen Bell, Jennifer Lopez, Jeremy Renner, Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg and Alicia Keys.
Prior to MTV, Silver served as art director and writer at creative boutique agencies Kirshenbaum + Bond, Margeotes Fertitta and Partners, McCann Erikson, EURO RSCG, Wieden + Kennedy and Cliff Freeman.
Silver has received several top honors, including an Emmy nomination, and Gracie, Gladd, Imagine, Andy, Creativity, Telly, BDA and Promax Awards.
Evan’s first project with Spy was the Promo for the new MTV series Skins.
“Skins” takes an unflinching look at life as a modern teenager: sex, drugs and eating disorders galore. “Reverse Party” has already received over one million hits on Skins.tv, and has aired on most networks and in cinemas nationwide.
“…directing involves everything I’m passionate about; art, design, photography, fashion, storytelling and working with inspired, creative people-–from the actors to the agency to the crew.” – Evan Silver
Top 20 Lists
Looks like Spy has been popping up on a couple of Top 20 lists.
The UK and the US dominate the rest of the table, with 17 of 20 listed companies hailing from one of the two countries. Apart from Wanda, the only non-UK/US companies to gatecrash the production company party are Toronto’s Spy Films, which benefited from a strong showing in a recent Canada feature, plus great work for Batelco, and Buenos Aires-based Rebolucion. – shots.net
Vesa is the new Manninen at Spy
With a cinematic eye and strong technical prowess, Vesa’s work is not only conceptually unique, but also slightly bizarre.
Vesa began drawing his own comic books at an early age and started performing in bands. He found comic books to be a discipline that helped hone his storytelling sensibilities which he furthered by making short films with VHS and 8mm cameras.
Manninen’s ad fare shows work marked by a blend of storytelling, great visuals and smart comedy. He’s a director who lets the characters and the stories evolve.
Alex and Steffen go to Infinity and beyond!
Spy Films and directing duo Alex & Steffen, roll out the latest spot for communications company, Batelco.
“At over three minutes long, the film plunges the viewer into an Inception-style environment and delves into the minds of its protagonists as they re-imagine the world around them. And since the film was launched on its dedicated Facebook fanpage earlier this week it’s been gaining international momentum.” – Shots Magazine
The Batelco commercial has garnered the attention of renowned tech blog Gizmodo:
“I don’t want to spoil any part of this video for you, other than to say this: think of everything incredible that your imagination could stuff into a metropolis in three and a half minutes. Most of it’s here.” – Gizmodo
Having shot in Toronto for over 3 days in 9 different locations… local media has also taken notice:
What Toronto would be like if it was Bahrain on steroids.. – BlogTO
Bahraini telecom ad makes Toronto look more awesome than it actually is.. – Toronto Life
An ad for a telephone company is giving Toronto a worldwide reputation as “the city where everything awesome happens all the time.” – Toronto Star
View the complete Shots Article HERE
View Alex & Steffen’s REEL HERE
-
Translate
